新东方背诵文选 L16. the war between Britain and France
时间：2018-12-15 作者：英语课 分类：新东方背诵文选
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In the late eighteenth century, battles raged in almost every corner of Europe, as well as in the Middle East, south Africa ,the West Indies, and Latin America. In reality, however, there was only one major war during this time, the war between Britain and France. All other battles were ancillary 1 to this larger conflict, and were often at least partially 2 related to its antagonist 3' goals and strategies. France sought total domination of Europe . this goal was obstructed 4 by British independence and Britain's efforts throughout the continent to thwart 5 Napoleon; through treaties. Britain built coalitions 6 (not dissimilar in concept to today's NATO) guaranteeing British participation 7 in all major European conflicts. These two antagonists 8 were poorly matched, insofar as they had very unequal strengths; France was predominant on land, Britain at sea. The French knew that, short of defeating the British navy, their only hope of victory was to close all the ports of Europe to British ships. Accordingly, France set out to overcome Britain by extending its military domination from Moscow t Lisbon, from Jutland to Calabria. All of this entailed 9 tremendous risk, because France did not have the military resources to control this much territory and still protect itself and maintain order at home.
French strategists calculated that a navy of 150 ships would provide the force necessary to defeat the British navy. Such a force would give France a three-
to-two advantage over Britain. This advantage was deemed necessary because of Britain's superior sea skills and technology because of Britain's superior sea skills and technology, and also because Britain would be fighting a defensive 10 war, allowing it to win with fewer forces. Napoleon never lost substantial impediment to his control of Europe. As his force neared that goal, Napoleon grew increasingly impatient and began planning an immediate 11 attack.
1 ancillary
adj.附属的，从属的
- The transport corps is ancillary to the infantry.运输队是步兵的辅助部队。
- This is just an ancillary business.这仅仅是一项辅助业务。
2 partially
adv.部分地，从某些方面讲
- The door was partially concealed by the drapes.门有一部分被门帘遮住了。
- The police managed to restore calm and the curfew was partially lifted.警方设法恢复了平静，宵禁部分解除。
3 antagonist
n.敌人，对抗者，对手
- His antagonist in the debate was quicker than he.在辩论中他的对手比他反应快。
- The thing is to know the nature of your antagonist.要紧的是要了解你的对手的特性。
4 obstructed
阻塞( obstruct的过去式和过去分词 )； 堵塞； 阻碍； 阻止
- Tall trees obstructed his view of the road. 有大树挡着，他看不到道路。
- The Irish and Bristol Channels were closed or grievously obstructed. 爱尔兰海峡和布里斯托尔海峡或遭受封锁，或受到了严重阻碍。
5 thwart
v.阻挠，妨碍，反对；adj.横(断的)
- We must thwart his malevolent schemes.我们决不能让他的恶毒阴谋得逞。
- I don't think that will thwart our purposes.我认为那不会使我们的目的受到挫折。
6 coalitions
结合体，同盟( coalition的名词复数 )； （两党或多党）联合政府
- History testifies to the ineptitude of coalitions in waging war. 历史昭示我们，多数国家联合作战，其进行甚为困难。
- All the coalitions in history have disintegrated sooner or later. 历史上任何联盟迟早都垮台了。
7 participation
n.参与，参加，分享
- Some of the magic tricks called for audience participation.有些魔术要求有观众的参与。
- The scheme aims to encourage increased participation in sporting activities.这个方案旨在鼓励大众更多地参与体育活动。
8 antagonists
对立[对抗] 者，对手，敌手( antagonist的名词复数 )； 对抗肌； 对抗药
- The cavalier defeated all the antagonists. 那位骑士打败了所有的敌手。
- The result was the entire reconstruction of the navies of both the antagonists. 双方的海军就从这场斗争里获得了根本的改造。
9 entailed
使…成为必要( entail的过去式和过去分词 )； 需要； 限定继承； 使必需
- The castle and the land are entailed on the eldest son. 城堡和土地限定由长子继承。
- The house and estate are entailed on the eldest daughter. 这所房子和地产限定由长女继承。